Mr Pedros – Press Up EP

Lancashire-based label Discotech and Sankeys resident Mr Pedros come good once more on this simple two-tracker.

On the A, Press Up is a tuff-ish house groover with a hip-house style vocal that'll appeal to fans of Sneak, Carter, Farina, etc. On the B, The Snitch is, well, in a similar vein, but with more in the way of cut-up vox, disco stabs n' such.

Despite my lack of any great penetrating, insightful comments to make about them, these are two very solid cuts that'll move pretty much any house floor worth it's salt. And that's enough, surely?

Out: This week

About: You can find Discotech on Soundcloud, on Facebook and at their own website. Check the Soundcloud page right now and, don't say I told you, but you just might find some cheeky cut-up/booty bizniss for download…

Darius Syrossian – My Side Project EP

Darius Syrossian comes to Canada's Mile End Records.

There are two tracks and three mixes, in total. The title track is a disco-tinged deep house groover that's apparently found favour with DJ Sneak already, and when you hear it you'll know why. On the B, 1994 Session is a slightly tuffer, more jackin' affair with deep, bassy drops and some neat tinkling keys, while Butler & Murt's remix of the same rounds out the EP, a slightly more track-y take with less of the dramatic builds and drops.

Not got huge amounts to say, really, these are just three very floor-friendly house cuts that are well worth a spin, or seven.

Out: This week

About: You can find Mile End Records at their website, on Facebook or on Soundcloud.

House of Stank – Make U Jack 2012

In which House of Stank's 2008 Dust Traxx offering gets another run-out with new mixes from Inland Knights, Manny Ward and HoS themselves.

Also included are the original mix plus the original set of re-rubs from Ron Carroll, The Connection and Santiago & Bushido, making a whopping seven mixes in total. And with a remix line-up like that, and a title like Make U Jack – which does pretty well sum up what this track's all about – it's hard to imagine any decent house DJ not finding something to play here. I'm not gonna go into all seven mixes individually – I've got a cold and a headache and couldn't really claim to be in the mood – but the IKs rub and HoS's own refix stand out for me. Like I said though, you can't really go wrong with this package.

Remember: "There's only one track that'll make you jack, one groove that'll make you move, and that's house"!

Out: This week

About: This comes on Get Up Recordings, HoS's own, US-based label. They're just eight releases old but have already put out material by the heavy-hitting likes of Tedd Patterson and Honey Dijon… and here's where to find them if you want to know more.

Edmund ft Pablo Fierro – When It Flows

We're a tiny bit late on this one… it actually came out about a week ago but I only got it yesterday, and it's been ages since we had anything through from my boy Diego, AKA Edmund, so it's going in!

If you like your deep house on the soulful side, then the slow-groovin' original of When It Flows won't disappoint, what with its insistent throbbing b-line, wood block percussion and atmospherics a-gogo. If you want it a little more floor-oriented, though, then head for the remix from fellow Spaniard Soul Minority , which couldn't be much more different as he adds a jackin' Chicago backbeat, squelchy acid b-line and a familiar “runnin'” vocal sample.

Despite there being just the two mixes, then, this is a package that will suit a range of DJs and times/moods. Top stuff… but then coming from Edmund, and on i! Records, what else did you expect?

Out: Now

About: i! Records can be found online here and on Facebook.

ALBUM DJ Sneak - Fabric 62

It's been, ooh, 17 years since Sound Of Ministry put out a compilation called The Future Sound Of Chicago; that was the first time, I'm pretty certain, that yours truly came across a man called Carlos Sosa, better known as DJ Sneak. Not long after that, I first saw him DJing, on a Thursday night @ Sankeys Soap in Manchester. Then still pretty much an 'up-and-comer', he blew the place away – it's one of those rare nights from back in the day that actually sticks in the memory! I was covering the night for a long-defunct Manchester magazine, where I described Sneak's set as "a jazzed-out, techno-infused trip to the jacking, pulsating disco heart of house music", or something equally pretentious.

Well here we are a decade and a half later, not a lot's changed. I'm still talking shit about house music, and Sneak's still one of the best in the game at it.

I'd like to leave this review right there, but I should probably also tell you that this features lots of tracks and mixes from names that will be very familiar to readers of this blog – Ramon Tapia, Mike Jules, Luca M, Mendo, Darius Syrossian – and some other names that might not be… yet. Oh yeah, and I should tell you as well, that it includes a remix by Mr Tapia of the classic 'Special' by Sir James. That track aside, though, this is long on truly upfront shizzle, and of course several tracks from Sneak's own Magnetic label.

But mainly I just wanna tell you that this is the absolute mummy-cuddlin' BOMB. And we really will leave it right there.

Out: This week

About: You've probably heard of Fabric… they've got their own discotheque in London and everything!